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Simu Liu is firing back at Quentin Tarantino after the Oscar-winner’s comments about the effect Marvel movies have had on the film industry.
During his appearance on the podcast « 2 Bears, 1 Cave » Monday, Tarantino reflected on the state of the film industry, saying that one of the legacies of « the Marvelization of Hollywood movies » is a scarcity of movie stars.
« You have all these actors who have become famous playing these characters, but they’re not movie stars, » he said. « Captain America is the star. Thor is the star. I mean, I’m not the first person to say that. I think that’s been said a zillion times. It’s these franchise characters that become a star. »
Though Tarantino said he doesn’t « love » Marvel movies, he also doesn’t « hate » them.
« My only axe to grind against them is they’re the only things that seem to be made, and they’re the only things that seems to generate any kind of excitement, » he continued. « They are the entire representation of this era of movies right now, and there’s not really much room for anything else. »
On Tuesday, Liu, who starred in the 2021 Marvel film « Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, » appeared to respond to Tarantino and Martin Scorsese, who described Marvel films as « not cinema » in an interview with Britain’s Empire magazine in 2019.
